#17 Maryland vs. Nebraska
February 13, 2025
6:30 PM ET (College Park, MD)
COLLEGE PARK, MD --Â Â The 17th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (19-5, 9-4 B1G) will return home to host Nebraska (16-8, 7-6) Thursday in the Terrapins' annual Play 4 Kay Pink Game to support breast cancer awareness. Fans are encouraged to wear
PINK. The Terrapins and the Huskers will tip off at 6:30 p.m. ET at the XFINITY Center and the game will be televised on the Big Ten Network. For tickets, click
here.
Parking is free after 4 p.m. for Thursday's game in lots 9B, 4B, 11B and the Terrapin Trail Garage. ClickÂ
here for a campus parking map.
Thursday's game is
Sarah Te-Biasu Bobblehead Day. Fans can get a scratch-off ticket at the door to win.Â
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2024-25Â STORYLINES
What's UP
- The Terps are coming off of an 81-73 win at Washington Sunday. Kaylene Smikle dropped a career-high 36 points with 8 rebounds. Shyanne Sellers added 15 points.
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Kaylene Smikle was named Big Ten Player of the Week Monday for the second time this season. Smikle averaged 28.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 58% from the field and went 17-19 from the free throw line in the Terrapins' two West Coast wins.
- Smikle has scored in double figures in 23 straight games. Sellers has scored in double figures in 18 of 22 games.
- Sellers is currently No. 17 on Maryland's all-time scoring list with 1,525 career points. She needs 17 points to pass Deanna Tate (1,541) at No. 16. Sellers' 492 career assists are No. 5 in the Maryland career record book. She recently passed Alyssa Thomas (488) and needs 9 to pass Tate (500) at No. 4.
- Maryland is currently No. 8 in the country in rebounding margin (+10.4). The Terrapins lead the Big Ten and are No. 4 in the country in free throws made per game (17.13). The Terps are No. 19 nationally in scoring (80.0).
- Kaylene Smikle is No. 5 in the Big Ten and No. 50 in the nation in scoring (18.3). Shyanne Sellers is No. 5 in the Big Ten in assists (4.4). Saylor Poffenbarger is No. 9 in the Big Ten in rebounding (8.3) and Christina Dalce is No. 10 (8.0). Poffenbarger is No. 28 in the country and third in the Big Ten in defensive rebounds (6.9). Dalce is No. 29 in the nation and No. 4 in the Big Ten in offensive boards (3.8).
- Maryland women's basketball is in its 54th season and owns a record of 1,143-469Â (.709). The Terrapins are No. 11 all-time in NCAA Division I history in winning percentage and No. 9 in all-time victories.Â
- Maryland was picked to finish fourth in the 18-team Big Ten Conference by both the league's head coaches and media panel. The Terrapins were behind just USC, UCLA and Ohio State and Indiana was picked to finish fifth.
- The Terrapins are ranked No. 17Â in the Associated Press poll released Feb. 10Â and No. 15 in the USA Today Coaches poll released Feb. 11.
- Two-time National Coach of the Year Brenda Frese brings in 10 new players, including seven transfers, to the squad this season. The Terrapins welcome Big East Co-Defensive Player of the Year Christina Dalce, Atlantic 10 Player of the Year Sarah Te-Biasu, All-Big Ten First Team honoree Kaylene Smikle, All-SEC Freshman Team honoree Saylor Poffenbarger, as well as Mir McLean, Amari DeBerry and Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu.Â
- Maryland also welcomes three freshmen in Ava McKennie, Kyndal Walker and Breanna Williams. All three won championships in high school.Â
- Sellers was named to the 10-player All-Big Ten Preseason Team for the second straight season. Sellers earned All-Big Ten First Team honors last year after averaging 15.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game.Â
- Sellers was named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List for the nation's top shooting guard. Poffenbarger was named to the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List for the nation's top small forward.
milestone and streaks
Frese File
- Head coach Brenda Frese is in her 23rd season in College Park. She's led the Terrapins to a record of 601-166 (.784), 14 conference titles, 20 NCAA Tournament bids in 22 postseasons, three Final Fours, seven Elite Eights, 11 Sweet Sixteens and the 2006 NCAA Championship.Â
- Frese owns a career record of 658-196 (.771) over her 26 years as a head coach.
- Frese was named National Coach of the Year by the AP, The Athletic and ESPN at the end of the 2020-21 season. In October 2021, Frese was the first woman inducted into the Washington DC Metro Basketball Hall of Fame.
- With the Terrapins' win at Nebraska on Feb. 14, 2021, Frese picked up win No. 500 at Maryland, which makes her the winningest coach in Maryland basketball history. Hall of Fame women's basketball head coach Chris Weller won 499 games in her 27 seasons (1975-02).
Maryland in the b1g
- The Terps are 219-68 (.763) all-time against their Big Ten opponents.
- Since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15, the Terrapins are 177-38 (.823) vs. their conference opponents, including their 22-5 record in the Big Ten Tournament.
- In the 22 years under Frese, the Terps are 188-42Â (.817) against their Big Ten opponents.
- Frese is 202-47 (.811) all-time vs. Big Ten opponents, which includes her time at Minnesota and at Ball State.Â
- Since joining the league in 2014, Maryland is 81-12 (.871) against Big Ten teams at home.
Series History
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Thursday's matchup is the 20th all-time between Maryland and Nebraska. The Terps own the series 16-3.
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The Huskers took both meetings last year -Â 87-81, in Lincoln on Dec. 31, 2023 and 78-68 in the Big Ten Tournament Semifinals on March 9, 2024.
- Brenda Frese is 16-3 vs. Nebraska in her career.
Terps in the Polls
- Maryland is one of the most consistent winning programs in the country.Â
- Maryland has been ranked for 317Â weeks in the last 21Â seasons, with 232Â of those weeks in the AP top 10 and 93Â in the AP top 5.
- Overall, the Terps have been ranked in 587Â AP polls, which puts them at fifth-most poll appearances all-time.
- Brenda Frese has had a team ranked in 368Â weeks in her career.Â
- Maryland has started the season ranked in the last 15Â seasons straight and 20Â of head coach Brenda Frese's 23Â seasons in College Park. The Terps have been in the AP Preseason Top 10 11 times under Frese and in the top five six times.
